Sprint officially confirms OTA update coming soon to HTC EVO 4G LTE

As it turns out, Sprint has officially confirmed via Twitter that an OTA update to 3.15.651.11 is coming soon to the HTC EVO 4G LTE. This lends credence to a previous rumor that the OTA update was gradually rolling out for the device, although no users (to my knowledge) have actually confirmed getting the update yet.

The tweet above confirms only the software number of the update – unlike that rumor from yesterday, this particular Sprint rep seems to think that the update doesn’t have anything to do with Jelly Bean. This is in contrast to the screenshot of an internal Sprint support document that specifically mentioned Jelly Bean by name.

Subsequent tweets to @sprintcare have not yielded any more information:

@sprintcare and what does update 3.15.651.11 do?

@sprintcare when can i expect jelly bean for HTC EVO 4g lte? And world it be 4.1 or 4.2?

Both of those tweets remain unanswered. So now you’ve officially had your hopes up, then were let down, and now they’re up again. How many of you plan on hitting that update button all weekend long?

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I’m fed up with hearing abot jellybean. It’s pretty much not gonna happen anytime soon which is ridiculous. When it does come to the evo, it will be an out of date paper weight. I’ll just wait to see it on my next device which will not be an HTC product.

As long as there is Goodandevo I will have an evo… I love this sight and this community. Also i still love my phone. I don’t have these issues with 4glte and contacts that everyone is complaining about. I love my phone. All my friends who have gs3’s haven’t gotten JB yet. Plus I did an Antutu test on my evolte and on 2 of my friends s3’s and both of there phones got around a 6000… mine gets over 8000 every time. No complaints here.

Kinguzi309

Why does the tweet say its from Nov 12? is this old and was just found out?

I didn’t mean to say that it isn’t coming at all. I meant to say that this update isn’t JB.

Matthew

YES! I actually check G&E about 10 times a day. It’s easier than settings, HTC update, check now…
Thank you for your time and dedication
John

Robert

I hope this is Jelly Bean, I’m tired of waiting. This is worse then the time I updated to gingerbread and didn’t root my phone 1st then had to wait a few months before I could get root.

Terrance Hubbard

Sprint is dragging their feet. Feed up with their lack of info on the JB update. But I did get 4G on my LTE for the first time last night. In NYC, 226 and White Plains Rd.

onelord

Im sure we are looking at a few more days. If sprint is smart they will roll it out b4 black friday. I may see another carrier with a good deal and jump ship.

dbishop

If they send out an update and its not jb ill laugh. I’m having issues with WiFi and it makes me mad to no end. Speedtest says I get 30 plus mbps and s one min YouTube video has to buffer sixteen times. Bullshit.

Some Guy.

It isn’t Jelly Bean. Very few phones even HAVE Jelly Bean, just like always. The SW always lags when you get what? 2 total overhauls a year? I blame Google.

Stu

My only beef with this phone is the antenna issue. If I had to choose between antenna fix and jelly bean it wouldn’t even be close. For those with ants in their pants CM10 is out already…

I was told by a Sprint service rep today to push my update software button in regards to helping fix my issue with contacts lagging. I went ahead and pushed it, and like I imagined…nothing. But I was curious as to why she suggested I push it. I’ve never been given that option from them before. Are they anticipating something our am I just imagining something?

goober999

No it was probably just one lazy sprint employee telling another a new way of jerking around a customer. “Tell them to hit update!” Too funny!!!

Jonny

Yeah I just got pushed an update. It was lame and all it really did after playing with my phone for an hour is remove the pdf viewer, mirror, and downloads app from the app drawer.

boostclone

Wow they really are trying to push us away…..don’t get it… I like HTC products…. But updating is really bad.. who is at fault….sprint, google, HTC who knows at this point…..